2025 regular meeting of the board of county commissioners and before we get going here i got something i want to say if you want to get up and speak today uh we have some sign up sheets in the back you must sign these sheets and uh fill out the information on it before we let you speak so uh let's all right uh stand for the the uh pledge i mean for the prayer and implication and the pledge i'll get it out in a minute good morning i would invite you all to pray with me when i consider all that you have made heavenly father i am in all of you as we work together today for the common good thank you that you hear and answer our prayers we welcome your presence here this morning give each of us clear minds and peaceful hearts and lead us always in the path of your wisdom and i ask this prayer in jesus name amen morning commissioner staff and visitors i'm lauren mccall digital and media services manager for polk county government today we are recognizing four employees for their service to polk county i'd like to invite the employees to come to the front as their names are called and then if the honorees will remain at the front while the commissioners return to the dais behind them we'll take a group photo at the end reina castman reina castman has worked with polk county's vitil reina's worked with polk county's facilities management division for 20 years she currently serves as fiscal contract specialist for the division prior to taking on her role reina served as a customer service representative and fiscal specialist too for facilities reina is a graduate of the county's emerging leaders program and in her spare time she enjoys reading and working in her garden she has three children her daughter brandy stepdaughters amanda and candace and three grandchildren when she retires reina looks forward to traveling with her husband jimmy carmen yvette nieves carmen nieves has worked for polk county building division for 20 years carmen joined the county as a radio room operator and currently is wearing a couple of hats as she serves as the permit services and technology supervisor as well as the interim development and customer service manager for the division carmen has previously previously served as a permit technician and senior permit technician carmen is a member of the holy spirit catholic church in lake wales and she is a recipient of the joe mack morris customer service employee of the year award in her spare time carmen enjoys hosting gatherings with her fiance elvin on their five acre property in fort mead carmen is also a proud mother of four wonderful children her daughters sandra caitlin and leilani and her son joseph she is also a proud grandmother of five beautiful grandchildren in the future carmen looks forward to retiring somewhere closer to the beach good morning commissioners amber smith communications director i am going to ask a point of personal privilege and take this next one as i have known this person for more than 25 years back to his days at the lake alfred fire department so if carl bubba galio the third could come down here please bubba galio the third also known as bubba has served polk county for 25 years he started his career as an emergency medical technician with polk county emergency medical services he then transferred to fire rescue as a firefighter and he currently serves as a driver engineer bubba has also served as a member of the division special operations team and marine unit he currently serves as attack medic on polk county sheriff's office swat team bubba is a member of the victory church in lakeland in his spare time he enjoys hunting and boating he is also known for his stunning dance moves at friends weddings and i have photographic proof of this bubba chief cloud would be very proud of you today larry clayton larry has served polk county for 30 years he started his career with the county as a hardware technician and developed the hands-on skills he needed to move his move to his current role as pc coordinator larry has obtained certifications in comp tiaa plus and network plus he has also pursued undergraduate studies at polk state college larry is a member of the first baptist church of lake wales in his spare spare time he enjoys cycling attending music festivals exploring local coffee shops international travel barbecuing and photography larry credits his late parents for instilling in him a deep passion for public service and it seems that larry has no desire to retire anytime soon and he plans to continue doing what he loves working to further the county's technological advancement mr chair i'd add this is 95 years of collective experience to the local government at this time we uh have a few people signed up but first all we have one on the dartha schuler i'll tell you what just give us just a minute and we'll let some of these people get out that way we won't be able to hear miss shuler you can come on up now i think if you don't mind give your name and address and you'll be given three minutes ma'am good morning commissioners my name is dr sally stone and i am the co-founder and owner of the well a business resource and incubator space in lakeland i'm also a proud member of leadership polk class 17 i am honored to speak before you today on behalf of the national coalition of 100 black women polk county chapter i bring you warm greetings from our chapter president miss dartha schuler who is in the audience along with my sisters for ncbw we are here today with an urgent and heartfelt request we respectfully ask this board to begin the process of initiating a county ordinance to implement a print and digital public awareness campaign to combat human trafficking in polk county this proposal follows the spirit and structure of the ordinance you passed on november 7 2023 in support of polk students against tobacco like that initial initiative we envision a targeted data informed community-based education campaign this time to address the growing threat of human trafficking in our community why this is urgent florida ranks number three in the nation for reported human trafficking cases in 2023 the national human trafficking hotline documented 821 florida cases while law enforcement estimates that up to 90 percent of trafficking incidents go unreported here in polk county operations like operation traffic stop resulted in over 200 arrests and the rescue of multiple victims including a 15 year old girl trafficking are recruiting for traffickers are recruiting from schools foster care systems group homes hotels and online often in plain sight victims are often hidden in everyday places parks shopping centers public transit stops and most people don't even know what signs to look for that's why we are calling for a comprehensive public awareness strategy because awareness is prevention and prevention saves lives the proposed ordinance would include a targeted print and digital awareness campaign educational materials and high risk locations community stakeholder engagement compliance with florida statute 16.617 and federal compliance we understand that implementing this ordinance will require deliberate planning coordination and community involvement we also want to emphasize that we've already begun this process on our end we are actively engaging community stakeholders and we have secured a meeting with sheriff grady judd to ensure law enforcement is at the table from the very beginning this is not just an idea we are building a coalition to make it a reality most importantly this initiative have the power to identify victim early we stand ready to collaborate with your office staff and partners and bring this initiative to life thank you for your time your service and your commitment protecting the most vulnerable in polk county thank you ma'am and mr commissioner brazil has a question is you know i hear human trafficking all the time and really i don't quite know what that means most of that time right now is there's where would you go to educate yourself at right now at this moment is there like a human trafficking website or something like that or do you guys have something up on a website yes sir in our research there are several different resources that are available one in particular is the statewide coalition for human trafficking that is a organization that has a summit every year in fact in 2023 i do believe mr judd was the keynote speaker for that um meeting and so that website has very detailed specific information relative to polk county and to the state of florida at large and when i go what do i google to get that it is the i don't want to get it incorrect email it to me i certainly will do so thank you ma'am thank you all right i have a miss daniel drummond she's here part of public i think she's here for the public hearing on this for the public hearing oh okay i'm sorry i had this laid in front of me that's that's why that's what i'm used yeah i did all right being i don't have any more sheets up here i think we'll move on to uh approve the consent agenda second got a motion and a second any other discussion on it all in favor opposed motion carries all right miss butterfield i can see she's not here this morning good morning we have for you to approve and ratify payroll check numbers 3952 through 3981 in the amount of 46,951 dollars and 14 cents we have 2,895 direct deposits in the amount of 4,486,011 dollars and 49 cents those are dated june 13 2025 we have wire and electronic fund transfers in the amount of 17,772,719 dollars and 75 cents dated june 3rd 2025 through june 16th 2025 we have invoice checks numbered 484458 through 485190 totaling 11 million 91 032 dollars and 48 cents those are dated june 3rd 2025 through june 16th 2025 move for approval second motion is uh and a second any further discussion all in favor aye opposed motion carries and we request approval of your minutes for your regular board meeting hold on june 3rd 2025 motion i have a motion and second any of any more uh discussion all in favor opposed motion carries all right mr mink you got anything no sir none of this time okay mr beasley good morning mr chair members of the board members of the viewing audience the manager's office will have four items for consideration this morning item number g1 is to request the board to approve a cooperative agreement with the carosoft technology corporation for the provision of case management and contract management software modules and related implementation services in connection with the community health care software technology modernization initiative which is set for a five-year contract not to exceed 3 million 228 188 dollars and 60 cents polk county engine health care team is beginning an initiative that is crucial to modernizing community health care operations and administrative functionality to enhance system efficiencies upgrade data management and improve services service deliveries through the acquisition of salesforce software platforms for case management contract management and the creation of a master data warehouse currently the existing case management software module is outdated and lacks the essential functionalities this software struggle is effectively central uh this software struggles to effectively centralize client data track case details and does not generate real-time reports all of which ultimately hampers productivity and overall program effectiveness the proposed salesforce case management module will address these challenges in a comprehensive manner and will streamline and automate the client application process through an interactive real-time self-service portal that will vastly improve the intake function eligibility issues scheduling and enrollment process the proposed salesforce contract management module will automate and streamline workflows system controls contract monitoring perform deadline renewal alerts provide real-time dashboard reporting and reduce throughput time the overall implementation of these modules and the creation of a master data warehouse will provide both qualitative and quantitative data analytics that will improve decision making and strategic planning the procurement means used to acquire these technology services is through the state of florida's membership in the national association of state procurement officials cooperative purchasing organization the cooperatively formally solicited uh this type of services whereby the cooperative national award was issued to kerasoft technology corporation polk county is exercising its authority as part of florida's national membership standing the proposed agreement with kerasoft is for the purchase of case management module as well as a contract management module and will total three cost components component one is the initial implementation services which is a one-time cost not to exceed 1,029,527 the annual maintenance cost over a five-year period is set at 116,129.03 each year for the five-year term and the annual cloud software access and user fee which will average 323,603.29 over the five-year term the implementation services will commence on july 1 of this year and it is anticipated to be fully operational by april of 2026 the overall agreement will remain in place through september 30th of 2030 so funding for this major community health care technology initiative is available within the indigent health care fund so mr chair members of the board i think in keeping with the board's commitment to the use of technology especially to improve community health care outcomes i would request the board to approve the proposed cooperative agreement with the kerasoft technology corporation for case management and contract management software as well as related implementation services in connection with community health care's software technology modernization initiative at a five-year cost not to exceed three million two hundred and twenty eight thousand one hundred eighty eight dollars and sixty cents got a motion in a second any further discussion all in favor aye opposed motion carries item number g2 mr chair members of the board is to request the board to approve an agreement with the luns group for architectural and engineering services in connection with the sheriff's office polk county joint use warehouse and facilities management administration building this professional services agreement will reflect a total cost not to exceed one million one hundred seventeen thousand eight hundred and twenty five dollars polk county has completed the public process to solicit proposals from qualified architectural firms for the complete design permitting bidding support services and construction administration services for a planned one hundred thousand square foot warehouse and facilities maintenance administrative office facility the proposed facility will allow polk county sheriff's office to consolidate three existing warehouse and storage needs into a single unified operation the proposed project will also provide office space for the facilities management division within a single facility that will replace three existing smaller facilities which have exceeded their respective useful service lives and finally the proposed warehouse will include nominal storage space for routine emergency supplies that are required to support pre and post storm activities across polk county request for proposal number 24 643 was issued and six proposals were received in february of this past year the board approved the selection committee's recommendation to enter into contract negotiations with the luns group and those contract negotiations have been concluded negotiated services are estimated to be complete within 450 calendar days and the agreement will stay in place through through through completion of all construction funding for this joint use facility initiative is available within the general capital improvement fund so mr chair members of the board i think consistent with the board's priority commitment to public safety emergency management and the efficient effective use of facility maintenance needs i would request the board to approve the proposed agreement with the luns group for negotiated architectural and engineering services in connection with the sheriff's office polk county joint use warehouse and facilities management administration building at a cost not to exceed one million one hundred and seventeen thousand eight hundred and twenty five dollars got a motion a second any further discussion all in favor all right opposed motion carries mr chair members of the board item number g3 is to request the board to approve an agreement again we care with the lunds group for architectural and engineering services in connection with the creation of a new roadway maintenance campus to be located along sheffield road adjacent to the roads and drainage main administrative office complex this professional services agreement will reflect a total cost not to exceed five hundred and fifty six thousand two hundred and seventy seven dollars polk county has completed the public process to solicit proposal from qualified architectural firms to provide complete design services permitting bid support services and construction administration services for a new roadway maintenance campus to be located off of sheffield road the roadway maintenance campus will include areas for administrative offices equipment storage and work bay maintenance areas the new campus is intended to replace the existing roadway maintenance facilities located in mulberry as a result of population growth and associated roadway maintenance needs a feasibility study was conducted in the fall of 2024 that outline related expansion needs and more suitable and a more suitable base of operation to accommodate future roadway maintenance maintenance initiatives within the south central service district the sheffield road site is ideal for that initiative request for proposal number 24 699 was issued and six firms submitted proposals in march of this past year the board approved the selection committee's recommendation to enter into contract negotiations with the lunds group and those negotiations have been concluded negotiated services are estimated to be completed within 680 calendar days and the agreement will stay in place in place through the completion of all construction funding for this roadway maintenance operational efficiency is available in the transportation village fund so mr chair members of the board i think consistent with the board's commitment and focus on roadway maintenance initiatives i would request that the board approve the proposed agreement with the lunds group for negotiated architectural and engineering services in connection with the new roadway maintenance complex to be located off of sheffield road in an amount not to exceed five hundred and fifty six thousand two hundred and seventy seven dollars motion and second any further discussion all in favor all right opposed motion carries final item this morning from the manager's office mr chair members of the board item number g4 is to request the board to approve a cooperative agreement and respective lease agreements with the mobile modular management corporation to provide relocatable building and storage solutions in connection with the polk county utility divisions temporary need for modular offices um within several within located to be within several field operations the total cost of these temporary modular units is not to exceed nine hundred and ninety seven thousand nine hundred and twenty three dollars through the term of the agreement in order to better address the operational needs within polk county's growing utility service boundaries the division has elected to transition from a centralized staffing concept to a decentralized staffing mode of operation as facility capital investments are planned for the northeast wastewater treatment facility the northwest wastewater treatment facility the cherry hill water production facility the central region operations campus and the planned office renovations to the main polk county utilities administration building there is a need for multiple temporary modular modular office units to be located at these various sites to accommodate specific decentralized staffing assignments polk county has secured a creative procurement solution to acquire lease agreements under a local provider mobile modular management corporation out of auburndale for the polk county utility division's temporary need for modular office units polk county is a member of the national source well corporation which is an entity uh that can combines the buying power of more than 50 000 government educational and non-profit organizations created specifically to save money and time the source well cooperative purchasing program manages the solicitation and offers members member entities easy access to an established network of awarded contracts through piggyback arrangements the total amount of each lease agreement for the selected field operations is as follows the utilities central operations campus will house two modular units then will not exceed 441 thousand eight hundred and twenty two dollars over the term the northeast regional wastewater treatment facility will will have one modular unit not to exceed 237 thousand nine hundred and twenty one dollars over the term of the agreement and a cherry hill water production facility will have a small one modular unit not to exceed eighty thousand two hundred and fifty nine dollars over the term of the agreement the term of each lease agreement is not to exceed 36 months polk county utilities division is likely will need additional modular units at the utilities administration building while that building will be will undergo renovations lease agreements for those units will be presented to the board later this calendar year funding for these decentralized operational staffing strategy initiatives is available within the utilities division operating budget so mr chair members of the board i think uh in keeping with the board's expectations of operational efficiencies across all divisions i would request the board to approve a cooperative agreement uh and respective lease agreements with the mobile modular management corporation to provide temporary modular office accommodations at various polk county utilities field locations at a total cost not to exceed 997 thousand 923 dollars motion in a second any further discussion yes mr chair uh what's the time frame for this um movement and also i think from my conversation on friday that we were going to have people stationed there to serve the local areas which i agree with but what's what's the time frame for this the uh buildings for the i'm sorry the tamra richardson utilities director uh the buildings for for the central are available right now so they're within a month or two um and the other ones will be here in august but also as far as the decentralization the staffing the the actual boots on the ground they're already decentralized this is moving the management to um handle those that you to to organize their work this is moving the management and some of the support groups out such as scada and maintenance this is to so so this is to house them so we've already decentralized the working force okay so it's that a lot of it's already in play thank you for the clarification i appreciate that and just two other things one i know we talked about it on friday when we talk about the plan for the permanent structure we already have the design and engineering done for how that's going to look we have one in place right currently and that we do have the ability as a county to hopefully expedite the installation of that at these sites and if that is the case then these modular uh offices could be removed and we'd save money based off of that less of time yes okay i think all of us are would including facilities want the portables to be there as long for a shorter time as possible sure and the other question i had was i know i've visited central in the past when we talk about these modular offices going in the field at the different locations we still maintain that centralized hub of technology center i'm not not sure of all the controls but they had basically the purview of everything system-wide and i guess that these different offices that we'd have in the in the regional locations they would have all the same views and technology but we still are focusing all the centric activities would be still from central is that correct or did we kind of divestiture that out a little bit how does that function that's the um you any all of our operators can see all of our facilities from any point okay that is that is not centralized that is uh if you have the proper uh credentials you can pull up the facilities from any site and that's part of that's all also being part of being mobile got it but the central facility uh the one that you saw does have the skata for you can see all the lift stations from there and and we still do have people that are there all day long that can monitor those but it's also the the main point of monitoring our uh lift stations and the the remote facilities is handle that base one which is our dispatch which is in the utilities administration building but there's lots of places to view all of our facilities and even the on-call people can review it have their laptops and take it home and review the and view these things from their home from remotely that's what our skater system allows us to do perfect and i think this just aids in us adding another layer of customer service to absolutely our facilities which is great so thank you absolutely thank you all right i believe we had a motion in a second all in favor aye those motion carries that's it mr chair all right commissioner troutman thank you commissioner brass um yeah i got a couple of questions um the budget and it may be through all the budget talks and approvals and all that from the state did the tdc thing go anywhere or is it it remained unchanged right uh it's my understanding it did not move nothing nothing's changed on it okay and then and then and maybe the governor had already signed it but there was one bill that was uh senate bill blah blah blah that restricted uh us from restricting any development bill 180 that's that's still that's that has not been sent to the governor oh it has no no okay all right and that's all i had a couple questions once it does we'll we'll send out something so to make you aware of it whether it's been sent uh approved or vetoed at that point and follow up on that if it just because he doesn't have to sign it for it to become law it has been a law it's been passed and so if it does i think it's you get seven days right now or one he doesn't do anything it goes into effect right yeah yeah yeah yeah i think it's seven days because they have not recessed yet or um adjourned yet correct if it's sent to him afterwards i think he has 14 days and and what brought that up as items in six and five and four five and six yes sir we plan on then we're all pushed back for that reason yes sir okay and we're we're on request to get it pushed back even further just for the couple at least another i guess two yeah until we see you know what's going on okay what's going on before otherwise we may have to come back and repeal repeal and stuff so i got you all right that's all yeah uh commissioner sandiago scott yes i'll have a little bit of a lengthier uh discussion today on two things uh first is with respect to signs in the right of way um i'm not a sign sniper but when i look at the signs that we're seeing uh constructed in the right of way a lot of these are promoting home developments or other larger projects but they're in a right of way and they're constructed with four by four posts it's a safety issue if you look at running off the side of the road and going into a shoulder as a way to avoid an accident a human or an animal something of that nature and you hit that sign that's an issue we have ordinances in place to prohibit those signs and right of ways so i certainly would ask those that are erecting these signs to stop um if it's on your property that's fine you have every right to do so as long as it meets the other requirements but safety wise polk county beautiful works hard to keep our county looking nice for visitors and for residents alike want to maintain that and that you know for us other businesses don't do it either so be the leader in the community i've stopped putting those signs in the right of way and the second thing i have and i'll ask for them to put up some information on the overhead this is specific to development within the county this is myrtle brook that's in north polk county in north lakeland this project has had significant challenges from what i understand since it's been incepted and visiting the site yesterday this is a site that going back to august of last year they were pumping water from the site going into either a pond or off site and having issues swift mud's involved in this but this is kind of just a you know more anybody that's watching this meeting today if you see something say something because this is an issue that shouldn't have gone on this long if we can go to the next next one please so on this one swift mud does inspections every couple of months essentially at construction sites there's a box on here that asks the question you know are there any erosion issues is it having impacts off-site either flooding or sediment deposits this particular swift mud inspector who's been the one that's been inspecting it consistently has checked that there's no issues go to the next page um there there's during the site visit it's crazy because there's photos of them actually pumping which you're not supposed to be doing but you're pumping into a discharge structure and it goes directly off site into a neighboring uh property which is not how this system is designed next page when they check the box of no erosion and you look at a photo like this it's got dirt washing into a pond obviously there's erosion that's occurring you can see the big blowout here um this is uh and we can you get on what's the date on this one this is the which yeah this is october 2024 so obviously there's significant rainfalls that happen throughout the state and different areas and different storms but there's remedial action that should take place quickly and this site has been uh a bit on the uh lackadaisal side of implementing that can we go to the next so this is october 2024 and then we go to january 2025 it's interesting swift mud goes by and does their site inspection yet can only obtain one photo uh what looks like to be kind of from the roadway doesn't bother to access the site to really see if anything's been improved or not that's january 2025 next so then we go to uh this one is is this april right april of 2025 so three months later but six months now after october and we still have erosion uh occurring in the pond and when yet here again we've got pumping happening again which is not supposed to be happening on it so you got pumping and erosion uh next page so then we go to is this the june one uh sorry so april yeah so another pond we've got more erosion at the end of it against what might take photos and says nothing in it on the report uh for compliance uh next one and this would be in june so this goes to june 2025 i think it was june the 4th and it talks about sediment being deposited in a offside area and it's on the report they're checking that there's no issue with it but go ahead and go to the photo please you can flip through the photos what's interesting is on this one there's no photos of the ponds whatsoever there's no photos of the discharge there's no photos of the inlets and the reason i bring this up during my comment period is again as a county we're here to protect the residents we're here to protect the environment and if we have to engage with swift mud in a way to get corrective action to something we will do that within our purview but if you are a resident and you have something that's not right within this county please don't be afraid to speak up because stuff like this shouldn't go on for a year plus and have no action on it so that's all i have thank you uh and i don't have a thing so we'll move on into the expedited hearings yes sir before we do the expedited hearings i will go over the general public um hearing procedures we ask that you please turn off your cell phones and other devices that may distract from the public hearings please adjust the microphone and state your full name and address for the record before before you begin speaking on the topic individuals speaking during the public comment section of a matter will be strictly limited three minutes the board is experiencing in these matters and is able to discern what is legally relevant to an issue and what is not information that is relevant and repetitive only serves to frustrate and necessarily prolong the day's business the commission expects civility at all times during all public hearings speaking out of terms shouting out from the audience disrespectful sounds and utterances while another is speaking are unacceptable and you will be asked to leave the chambers for the remainder of the day if any person decides to appeal any decision made by the board with respect to any matter considered today you will need a record of proceedings and that for such purpose you may need to ensure that verbatim record of the proceedings is made which record includes the testimony evidence upon which the appeal is based which you must gather at your own expense anyone audience who wishes to speak and present testimony today must be sworn in all testimony given during public hearings shall be deemed to be sworn at this time if you're going to to address the commission to speak on or speak on any test or speak on any case today please stand raise your right hand and answer out loud to the following questions do you swear or affirm that the testimony or evidence that you provide the commission day is the truth the whole truth to nothing but the truth thank you mr mr chair the expedited hearing procedures are such expedited hearings are held pursuant to resolution number 2022-089 expedited hearings are used when no opposition was present at the planning commission hearing the applicant agrees through expedited hearings and recommendation of the development review committee is for approval expedited procedures are are the following after staff briefly introduces the case the hearing will be open for public comment if anyone speaks during public comment the applicant will be given the opportunity to respond after public comment the board will consider the land use case at any time full presentation from staff can be requested from a commissioner the applicant or a member of the public all documents attached to the gen item are deemed part of the record for the of the land use case unless removed from the list of experts by motion of the board all the individuals on the list of experts attached to the gen item are deemed experts for the purpose of the land use case at this time i'll turn to mr zisco thank you mr main good morning mr chairman members of the board my name is ben zisco land development director today there are six items on the expedited public hearing portion of the agenda item number n1 is an expedited public hearing for case lbc pas 2025-3 lake gibson estates cpa to consider a future land use designation change from residential low 3 to residential medium on 2.52 acres the subject site is located on the north side of west daughtry road east of us 98 it is surrounded by residential uses on three sides to the north there are existing duplexes to the west are single family homes and duplexes and to the east is a 62 bed assisted living facility this property received approval for six duplex structures for a total of 12 dwelling units and the request is to change the land use from rl3 to rm with the intent of adding another building or another two buildings to bring the total unit count from 12 units to 16 units the application appeared before the planning commission and received a unanimous recommendation for approval and following any questions or comments from the board or from staff today staff is recommending approval and adoption of this ordinance any questions yep yep uh so for this one uh this is just for for record wise height wise when we go from rl3 what's the allowable height that's in rl3 currently for maximum building height 50 feet 50 feet and rm is 50 feet as well correct yes sir okay but then going from density wise what i guess let me just kind of give us an explanation of rl3 to rm i understand duplexes are what's proposed but what would rm allow on this site that rl3 does not the rl3 with a plan development allows five dwelling units per acre which are the existing entitlements with the rm um change to without a pd just the rm allows seven units per acre if they were to apply for and get granted a plan development that could go to 10 units per acre okay and with that again um do we have i'd asked about some street views for the area were they able to provide those to you so this is the this is on dodgy so this to the right is the assisted living facility so it's single story in nature and then if we go around this area the single family homes and duplexes are all as you said are are just that they're single family um not multi-story but also density wise consistent with rl3 so when i look at this street view although this is a commercial institutional application it does look like an oversized house when you look at it from the road as a drive-by i'll be at a bigger parking lot so my concern compatibility wise all around this is rl3 and there's not our this isn't a transitional zone where rm is abutting to another land use type where we're trying to transition over so i for me i don't see how this is a 7-0 approval from the plan commission that that's what their vote was but i don't see this as compatible when it's right in the middle of rl3 with nothing else around it really historically having been rm either so that's my my concern the um what's been approved already but nothing's been constructed nothing has been started is that correct yes sir that's correct do you know are they planning multi-story um duplexes or are they just single story our understanding is it's single story but we have not received the building permits to to clarify that okay i guess that's my concern too is if if it's approved rm i understand that now on paper it says you know just go from six duplexes to eight duplexes but if you go rm then we come back for a pd you open up this envelope of we're concerned with compatibility now that becomes really incompatible as it gets it it doesn't there's not a restriction right it goes to rm and then it's rm so can we can we put a restriction there that it can't go up so right now if it if it is changed to rm the allowable density will go from five units per acre to seven units per acre i'm talking about height but it's 50 in both it's the same height the height is 50 and what it is now and what it'll go to so it can be 50 either way and if i'm correct there's duplexes already abutting this property correct yes ma'am that is correct so you'd have duplexes on one side institutional which is however many units per acre that one i'm it's different so well that's rl3 right the the assisted living facility is still on rl3 correct yes sir if you see the map here on the the orange all of the orange is rl3 so there's rl3 on all three sides and across the street all sides are rl3 so these duplexes to the north are what i reference those are rl3 the assisted living facility is also rl3 and i think rl3 and duplexes is fine i have no issue with duplexes it has historically been a renter's area on daughtry road and duplexes have been there for 40 plus years 50 years i guess in some instances but again my concern is if it goes to rm we look at how we navigate and map the future of polk county it allows it to be at a higher density than surrounding areas which then makes it an issue where you i mean again the applicant now is asking for x but it could change to y based on the rm designation it does seem odd to have an island of higher density in the middle of rl3 i would agree with that right so when appropriate i'd make a motion for denial well we have to do a public fair enough i'm just saying when i when we get there that's what i'd say anyone else ladies and gentlemen this is a uh public meeting if he's a hearing if you wish to come forward and speak on this matter please come forward at this time and you'll be given give your name and address and you'll be given three minutes seeing none i'll close close the public meeting and bring it back to the board i'd say for any further discussion or a motion motion for denial i'll second that i have a motion and a second all in favor aye uh oppose aye motion carries item number n2 is an expedited public hearing for case ldcpas 2025-5 lake hancock road cpa to consider a future land use designation change from business park center to residential low on approximately 2.28 acres this subject site is located north of lake hancock road east of us 98 as you can see on the screen it is part of a larger business park center that was mapped with the adoption of the comprehensive plan the subject site also abuts an existing rl4 district to the east and south the subject site currently contains one single family home and they are requesting to change the designation from business park center to residential low in order to add a second residential structure to that property the planning commission unanimously recommended approval and following any questions or comments from the board or the public staff is recommending approval and adoption we have any other questions ladies and gentlemen this is a public hearing if you wish to come forward and speak on this matter uh please come forward and state your name and address and you'll be given three minutes seeing none i will close the public hearing and bring it back to the board for any further discussion or a motion second i have a motion in a second all in favor aye opposed motion carries item number n3 is an expedited public hearing for case ldct 2025-10 to consider an ordinance related to temporary vegetative debris on following major storms as the board is aware following the cleanup for a disaster event vegetative debris is often stored on sites and is then mulched and processed and then held on a temporary basis in order for it to be disposed of permanently and this text amendment would provide the ability for temporary storage of that of that material as written it would allow independent sites to hold the material for six months with a potential six month extension for unique circumstances um this has been coordinated with our um with our solid waste facilities um staff and it is a first reading today um so no no action is required by the board but your planning commission did unanimously recommend approval so in two weeks we'll bring this back to you for adoption for anybody having questions and again this is a public hearing if you wish to speak on this matter please come forward and you give your name and address and you'll be given three minutes seeing none i'll close the public hearing and move on to the next item mr chairman as was mentioned earlier um senate bill 180 is still pending um and as such we would request that item n4 which is case ldct 2025-4 case n5 which is case number ldct 2025-3 and agenda item n6 which is case ldct 2025-5 all be continued to your july 15th agenda okay do we need a motion on that yeah we're going to move to um carry forward n4 n5 and n6 to the july 15th meeting second our motion and second any further discussion all in favor all right opposed motion carries mr chair that concludes the expedited portion of today's agenda public hearings good morning uh scott lowry real estate services support manager i have one item today county has received a petition from cb meyers the third as authorized agent for lake aurora christian assembly llc to vacate a portion of platted unopened and unmaintained right away shown on the map of golden ball association's plat of home sites recorded in plat book four at page 65 the map filed in 1919 depicts various rights away throughout the plat which are presumed to be public the petitioner owns property on either side of one such right away which is north of lot one they own both sides of this right away and it's bisecting their properties it has requested the vacation in order to remove the bifurcation and assemble its properties during a review of the vacation it was discovered that a portion of golden ball road lies outside of the existing right-of-way the county requested the petitioner convey additional right-of-way to us for that roadway and they've agreed to that request vacating the subject right-of-way will remove the public's interest in the subject area which will allow the petitioner to assemble and more fully utilize its property the appropriate utilities and county division county divisions were contacted and there were no objections to the proposed vacation in light of the conveyance of the right-of-way staff recommends the board waive the petition fee adopt a resolution to vacate a portion of platted unopened and unmaintained right away shown on the map of golden balls association plat of home sites as fully described in the legal description containing the petition and resolution also requests the board accept the quick claim deed that the petitioner is given for the additional right-of-way and i'll remain standing for any questions any questions ladies and gentlemen this is a public hearing if you wish to come forward and speak on this matter please come forward and state your name and address and you'll be given three minutes seeing none i'll bring it back to the board for a motion motion for approval second we got a motion and a second all in favor opposed motion carries thank you all right next 19 19 is that cool yeah 19 19. mr chair the last public hearing is public hearing to consider adoption of an assessment resolution setting the rate of collection approval of the non-adveral assessment role for the 2025 local provider participate participation fund special assessment and authorizing the county manager manager to execute letters of agreement with the state of florida agency of health care administration this is the resolution that allows us impose assessments against the hospitals to be um sent to the state in order to draw back money through the federal government on medicare and medicaid um claims and is recommended for approval all right and we have miss drummond here now that would like to come up i got you right this time sorry and please state your name and address good morning my name is danielle drummond i'm president ceo at lakeland regional health we are located at 13 24 lakeland hills boulevard lakeland florida 33805 and i just wanted to speak this morning to say that our organization is in favor of this resolution for the assessment as we have been in years past we are certainly very appreciative of the county's collaboration and effort along with the state to allow us to be able to obtain these matching funds that allow the organization to be able to provide necessary health care services here in the community so i thank you for your consideration and your support any questions is is this the second year that we've done this or or is it the third third actually a third year yeah for the directed panel can you share some of the positives about this absolutely yes it's really been very impactful for our organization and i know for the other hospitals here in polk county as we work to meet the needs of all of those uh in our surrounding communities particularly for those service lines that do rely heavily on medicaid funding such as women's and children services and behavioral health i think when you look at some of the work we've done at lakeland regional health we've obviously made significant facility investments as well as been working to recruit in a number of additional physicians to help close the gap that we know exists today for access to some of those really critical health care services so this funding will allow us to continue on that trajectory and continue to build upon those services that we do offer today i always hear that we just don't have enough doctors in the area so i'm glad to hear that this will help in that area absolutely yes commissioner santiago i believe the estimate to come back to the county from 24 25 is over 75 million dollars so wow additional funds very impactful yes and one more thing i'm sorry this year will not include um orlando health because they're still in construction correct yes next year included in future years once they get operational and have the necessary cost reports to submit that's correct okay yes all right thank you ma'am great thank you ladies and gentlemen this is a public hearing if you wish to speak on this matter please come forward state your name and address and you'll be given three minutes seeing none we'll bring it back to the board for a motion for approval got a motion in a second all in favor all right opposed motion carries and i believe that is all for the day that is correct thank y'all